When Jakob, a withdrawn eighteen-year-old, forms an unexpected bond with Marius, an older coworker at the factory, their connection brings a buried secret to the surface that Jakob can no longer escape from…

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Feature film, fiction, in Production

Austria​

Chimera Film in coproduction with Panama Film

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Screenplay: Simon Maria Kubiena 

Producers: Elli Leeb & Fabian Leonhardt (Chimera Film),

Lixi Frank & David Bohun (Panama Film)

Casting Directors: Magdalena Steiner & Zorah Berghammer

Director of Photography: Dennis Banemann

Composer: Audrey Ismaël

Production Design: Emma Sophie Schaub

 

​Supported by: Austrian Film Institute (Script Development, Project Development, Production Funding), Film Fonds Vienna (Production Funding), FFA German Federal Film Board (Reference Funding), La Résidence du Festival de Cannes

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Selected for CineLink Co-Production Market at Sarajevo Film Festival 2025 & Alliance 4 Development at Locarno Film Festival (Alphapanda Market Breakout Award + MidPoint Consulting Award)

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